Artificial rosebud flower



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ARTIFICIAL ROSEBUD FLOWER Filed Nov. 29, 1949' IN V EN TOR.

:- BY I MQKW Patented May 8, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTIFICIAL ROSEBUD FLOWER Albert Gentile, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 29, 1949, Serial No. 129,920

3 Claims. 1

The purpose of my invention is to produce an artificial rose bud flower which will simulate and imitate a natural rose bud or flower buds of similar type.

A further purpose of my invention is to produce an artificial flower bud which may be used in place of natural flower buds for ornamentation purposes.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate my invention Figure 1 is a top plan view of the flower bud not cut.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the flower bud not cut.

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the completed flower bud.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the completed bud.

Referring specifically to the drawings in which an artificial flower bud l comprises a cellulose, cotton, paper pulp or plastic core 2, a hardened outer covering 3 made of either soluble glue, plastic material, or rubber (synthetic or natural), said hard covering being sprinkled with a flocking 4. A stem 5 is made of covered wire and is secured to the base of the bud at 6. After having the formed bud which is shown into a shape as indicated in Fig. 2, two diagonal cuts 1 are made from the top of the bud to a point near its base. The four segments are then pulled slightly apart to form the sections 8 which will simulate an opened bud. It should be noted that the hard covering 3 is of a liquefied material which hardens.

Although the drawing and specification discloses the best use embodying, my invention, I desire in no way to be limited to the details of such disclosure, for in the application of my invention, changes in form and proportions may be made as experience suggests without departing from the spirit of my invention within the broad scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and novel is:

1. The process of forming an artificial flower bud which comprises the steps of forming a core, applying an adhesive material to said core, covering said adhesive with a flock material and forming said core into a plurality of segments by cutting said core along its longitudinal axis to a point adjacent the base thereof.

2. The process of forming an artificial flower bud which comprises the steps of forming a core of cellulose material, applying an adhesive layer to the peripheral surface of said core, applying a coating of flock to said adhesive layer while said adhesive is tacky and thereafter cutting said bud along its longitudinal axis to a point adjacent its base in order to divide said core into a plurality of segments.

3. The process of forming an artificial flower bud which comprises the steps of formingv a core of cellulose material, coating said core with an adhesive material and applying a coating of flock to said adhesive coating whereby said flock is adhered to the exterior peripheral surface of said core, cutting said core along its longitudinal axis to a point adjacent its base, separating said segments from each other and securing an elongated stem to said core after the formation thereof.

ALBERT GENTILE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 369,878 Palmer Sept. 13, 1887 1,914,591 Abe June 20, 1933 2,204,037 Fernbach June 11, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 4,532 Great Britain of Dec. 30, 1875 

1. THE PROCESS OF FORMING AN ARTIFICIAL FLOWER BUD WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF FORMING A CORE, APPLYING AN ADHESIVE MATERIAL TO SAID CORE, COVERING SAID ADHESIVE WITH A FLOCK MATERIAL AND FORMING SAID CORE INTO A PLURALITY OF SEGMENTS BY CUTTING SAID CORE ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS TO A POINT ADJACENT THE BASE THEREOF. 